This book is a detailed list of many of the important people in the civil war. I have

listed, and summarized, who I feel are the most important people.

Ulysses Simpson Grant served with Zachary Taylor's army at Monterey during the

Mexican war. Right when the war began Grant obtained a position on the staff of General

George McClellan. During the war he showed courage in both physically and morally

manners. In February 1862 Grant captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson with help from

the Federal navy. In October he was appointed commander of the Department of

Tennessee, and told to take Vicksburg, Mississippi. Earl Van Dorn captured Grant's base

at Holly Springs and he had to retreat. In 1864 Grant was promoted to lieutenant general

and named general in chief of all federal armies. In April 1865 Grant forced Lee to

surrender after an 88 mile pursuit. Grant was elected president in 1868 and served two

During the Mexican war Lee was an engineering officer with Winfield Scott's

force. Jefferson Davis appointed Lee a general in the southern army in 1861. He was no

family moved to Tennessee he opened a tailor shop in Greeneville. Before Johnson became

fight for the Union. Before he died in 1895, he stayed an active part of the United States.

of the confederate army in Virginia. In Richmond Lee drove the unionist away from the

attending a performance at Appomattox Court House by John Booth.

Some topics in this essay:
Civil War, Greeneville Johnson, Holly Springs, Frederick Douglass, Bull Run, Act Johnson, Gettysburg Pickett, American Abolitionist, United Southerner, Illinois Lincoln, civil war, frederick douglass, uncle tom's cabin, army 1861, ulysses grant, confederate army, served terms, lincoln shot, tom's cabin, robert lee, george pickett,